Jeremia 12

1 In kare kinde duto, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, sa moro amora makelo bucha e nyimi. To kata kamano we mondo awuoye kodi kuom ngʼado bura mari makare: Ere gima omiyo yore mag joma timbegi mono dhi maber? Angʼo momiyo jogo maonge yie odak maber?

Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?

2 Isepidhogi, kendo tiendegi osenyaa; gidongo kendo ginywolo olemo. Wechegi osiko e dhogi kinde duto to chunygi bor kodi.

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

3 Kata kamano ingʼeya, yaye Jehova Nyasaye; inena kendo ipimo pacha kaka aparo kuomi. Ywagi tenge kaka rombo mitero kar yengʼo! Ketgi tenge ne odiechieng yengʼo!

But Thou, O LORD, knowest me, Thou seest me, and triest my heart toward Thee; pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

4 Nyaka karangʼo ma piny biro siko kotwo kendo lum motwi e lege ner? Nikech joma odak e iye timbegi mono, le kod winy osetho. Kata kamano, jogo wacho, “Ok none gima timorenwa.”

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said: 'He seeth not our end.'

5 Ka isepiem gi jogo mawuotho gi tielo ma gioli, to ere kaka inyalo piem gi farese? Ka ichwanyori e piny man-gi kwe, ere kaka inyalo wuotho e bungu man Jordan?

'If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the thickets of the Jordan?

6 Oweteni ma jo-dalau bende osendhogi; kendo gisegolo ywak maduongʼ ka gikwedi. Kik igen kuomgi, kata obedo ni giwuoyo maber kuomi.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee; believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.'

7 “Anajwangʼ oda, anabol girkeni maga; anachiw ngʼatno mahero e lwet wasike.

I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 Girkeni osebedona ka sibuor manie bungu. Orutona; omiyo amon kode.

My heritage is become unto Me as a lion in the forest; she hath uttered her voice against Me; therefore have I hated her.

9 Donge girkeni maga osebedona ka kweth mag achudhe, ma achudhe mamoko lworo mondo okedgo? Dhi kendo ichok le mag bungu duto; kelgi mondo gikidh joga.

Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

10 Jokwath mangʼeny biro ketho puotha mar mzabibu kendo ginyon puotha; gibiro loko puotha mamiyo bedo puodho motwo mojwangʼ.

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trodden My portion under foot, they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 Enobed puodho mojwangʼ, motwo, kendo machalo gunda e nyima; pinyno duto noyugno nikech onge ngʼama dewe.

They have made it a desolation, it mourneth unto Me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

12 Kuonde duto mag ongoro motingʼore gi malo mantiere kama otwo, joketho nopongʼ, nimar ligangla Jehova Nyasaye notiekgi, koa e tungʼ piny konchiel nyaka komachielo; maonge ngʼama notony.

Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace.

13 Ginipidh ngano makmana ginikaa kuthe; gini nyagre gi tich to onge ohala ma giniyudi. Omiyo yuduru wichkuot mar keyo maru nikech mirimb Jehova Nyasaye mager.”

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, they profit not; be ye then ashamed of your increase, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

14 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “To ne jobatha duto ma timbegi mono mamayo joga Israel girkeni mane amiyogi, anapudhgi e pinjegi kendo anagol od Juda e diergi.

Thus saith the LORD: As for all Mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

15 To bangʼ ka asegologi, anakechgi kendo, bende anaduog moro ka moro ir girkeni mare owuon kod pinye owuon.

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

16 Kendo ka gipuonjore maber yore mag joga kendo gikwongʼore gi nyinga, kagiwacho ni, ‘Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima,’ mana kaka negipuonjo joga mondo okwongʼre ne Baal, eka gibiro dak e dier joga.

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.

17 To ka oganda moro amora ok dwar chiko ite, to anapudhe chuth mi atieke,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.

But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LORD.